The 1993 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 61st season as a professional sports franchise and as a member of the National Football League. The Steelers looked to continue the progress made under second year head coach Bill Cowher. However, the team would take a slight step backwards, finishing 9–7 (three games behind the eventual AFC Central champion Houston Oilers). Despite that, the Steelers clinched a wild card spot, making the playoffs for the second consecutive year. The team would lose to the Kansas City Chiefs 27–24 in overtime in the AFC Wild Card Round of the playoffs, in what is considered one of the best playoff games in NFL history even though the Steelers were on the losing end. In the second week of the season, the Steelers suffered a shutout loss to the Los Angeles Rams 27–0, in the team's penultimate visit to the Los Angeles area until 2019. The day was highlighted by the emergence of Rams rookie Jerome Bettis running over the Steelers defense. Though no one knew it at the time, it would foreshadow what was to come with Bettis' career—as a member of the Steelers, who would acquire Bettis in a draft day trade with the Rams three years later. 1993 was also the season in which the Steelers began their policy of "blacking out" regular season contract negotiations. Early in the season the Steelers had reached contract extensions with Rod Woodson and Barry Foster and continued negotiations with other players. However, this led to discord in the locker room, and management felt that contract talk was taking the team's focus off of winning. At mid-season the Steelers broke off all contract negotiations and have refused to negotiate contracts during the regular season since.

Offseason

NFL draft

Undrafted free agents

Staff

Notable additions include Chad Brown, Kevin Greene and Willie Williams

Roster

Preseason

Schedule

Regular season

Schedule

Standings

Game summaries

Week 1 (Sunday September 5, 1993): vs. San Francisco 49ers

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Scoring drives:

Week 2 (Sunday September 12, 1993): at Los Angeles Rams

at Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim, California Scoring drives:

Week 3 (Sunday September 19, 1993): vs. Cincinnati Bengals

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Scoring drives:

Week 4 (Monday September 27, 1993): at Atlanta Falcons

at Georgia Dome, Atlanta Scoring drives:

Week 5 (Sunday October 3, 1993): Bye Week

Week 6 (Sunday October 10, 1993): vs. San Diego Chargers

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Scoring drives:

Week 7 (Sunday October 17, 1993): vs. New Orleans Saints

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Scoring drives:

Week 8 (Sunday October 24, 1993): at Cleveland Browns

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio Scoring drives:

Week 9 (Sunday October 31, 1993): Bye Week

Week 10 (Sunday November 7, 1993): at Cincinnati Bengals

at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati Scoring drives:

Week 11 (Monday November 15, 1993): vs. Buffalo Bills

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Scoring drives:

Week 12 (Sunday November 21, 1993): at Denver Broncos

at Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado Scoring drives:

Week 13 (Sunday November 28, 1993): at Houston Oilers

at Astrodome, Houston, Texas Scoring drives:

Week 14 (Sunday December 5, 1993): vs. New England Patriots

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Scoring drives:

Week 15 (Monday December 13, 1993): at Miami Dolphins

at Joe Robbie Stadium, Miami, Florida Scoring drives:

Week 16 (Sunday December 19, 1993): vs. Houston Oilers

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Scoring drives:

Week 17 (Sunday December 26, 1993): at Seattle Seahawks

at Kingdome, Seattle, Washington Scoring drives:

Week 18 (Sunday January 2, 1994): vs. Cleveland Browns

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Scoring drives:

Playoffs

Game summary

AFC Wild Card Playoff (Saturday January 8, 1994): at Kansas City Chiefs

at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri Scoring drives: